UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII
STUDENTS WILL SPEAK
NUMBER 155.
Absolutely Uucensored Opinion to be Given by Speakers Tomorrow
SCRIBES GET A SPEAKER
Journalist Students Will be Allowed a Representative
Faculty members who have not been on their best behavior for the past few weeks are shaking in their boots today, for tomorrow is the one day when the various schools will send speakers to a special convocation to voice the sentiments of the tree from fear of faculty censorship.
Ten-thirty classes meet at 11:30 tomorrow; 11:30 classes meet at 12 o'clock because of Students' Day.
Students Day has become one of the few traditions of the University of Kansas, and the plans are practically centered on Chapel tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. The engineers, laws, college, pharmacies and medics will gather in crowds and the chapel will ring with the ceremony and the yells of the individual schools.
As has been the custom in the past the Sachems, the senior honorary society, will announce their members for the coming year.
The Chancellor's representative will have the honor of announcing the names this year, and will be the only faculty member who will have any place on the program. There will also be the announcement of another organization, the named and membership will not be disclosed until that time.
SCRIBES REPRESENTED
The journalism department will be represented on the program for the first time. A petition presented to the Student Council at their regular meeting last Tuesday, was granted, and a commitment will be chosen some time today.
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A WOMAN SPEAKER
Coach Beau Olcott will speak to the students during the early part of the program. His talk will be along Athletic lines, urging the students to do what they can to bring the better athletes to Kansas, and making a plea for their support of the various teams.
JUNK WILL BE THERE
Student Day this year will be marked by an innovation in the way of speakers. A woman, Miss Ada Dykes, has been chosen to do the speaking for the college. This is the first time that a woman has ever been on the program of Student Day speakers, and the Laws and the Engineers are still doubting if it can be done. Some of them have gone so far as to state that Miss Dykes should not be allowed to speak, and thus break a custom of many years. Miss Dykes, a Kamaan pointer this morning said that she was going to speak nevertheless, and that she was going to try to voice the sentiments of both the men and the women in the college.
Despite the fact that the track team will go to Manhattan tomorrow at noon, both junk Herriott, president of the Student Council, and Humpty Dumpty, a student who works in pharmacy, will be on the program. Herriott will open the convocation and introduce the first few speakers and Campbell will be given an early place on the program so that both of these students can join him with the rest of the track team.
The program for tomorrow as arrived by President Herriott is as follows:
Crimson and the Blue
Announcement of Sachems for coming year.
James Vauter—School of Engineering.
Joseph Campbell—School of Pharmacy
Fred Whitten—School of Law.
Ada. Dykes—College.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 18, 1916
Remeth Unil—Schools' M mketchk
Speaker from Journalism department
Mr. Charles G. Hamilton, of Pleasanton, is visiting his son John Hamilton, C. 16, at the Kapna Sigma house in Nassau Tuesday and intends to stay till Saturday.
Professor Flint Lectures
Prof. L, N. Flint, of the department of journalism, delivered a lecture to the members of the Commercial Club at Ottawa last night on the subject, "What's the Matter With Your Advertising?"
Prof. Arthur MacMurray, of the department of Public Speaking, will deliver Commencement addresses at Council Grove, May 22; Liberal, May 23; Concordwood Falls, May 25; Rosebok, May 26 and Osceola June 2.
GLEE CLUB TO ATCHINSON PLAN FOR K. C. TRI
The Men's Glee Club, accompanied by Prof. William B. Downing, will leave Friday afternoon for Atchison the concert in a concert. The concert will be similar given here a month ago. Fred Pausch, C.18 is the only member of the Glee Club who comes from Atchico. Prof. William F.A.16 will play the accompaniment.
"We are making plans to go to Kansas city next week and give a concert," said Paul Sautter, president of the Glee Club, this morning.
ALUMNI TO GIVE FARCE
Collegiate Alumni Association Presents "Omelet and Oatmealia" Tonight
Shakespeare Tercentenary will be celebrated tonight with the farce, "Omelet and Oatmellia," a parody on Hamlet and Ophilia, by the Association of the College Alumnae at the Unitarian church, at 8:15 o'clock.
The all-star cast is composed of seventeen women of the faculty and of
Cast:
Prologue, Miss Ester Swenson.
Omitlet, Miss Helen Hoopes.
Oatmaline, Miss West.
King Fraudius, Miss Nadine Now
Milk-queen, Miss Esther Swenson.
Chanticleer, Mrs. P. H. Chalkley.
Bolognin, Mrs. J. C. Sundwald.
Baconius, Mrs. S. D. Daines.
Tostum, Mrs. E. B. Stouffer.
Postum, Mrs. E. M. Briggs.
Sunny Jim, Mrs. Bennet Allen.
Johnny Dumps, Mrs. Ralph Carter.
Soldiers Gladys Ellott.
Soldiers, Mrs. E. M. Briggs and
Miss Avis Talcott.
Chef, Miss Agnes Thompson,
Accompanist, Mrs. Maud Cook
Andersen
The play is a takeoff on canned goods and breakfast foods. Chanticleer, king of Illville, is overthrown by Fraudus, dressed to represent a can of boneless chicken. Omllet falls love with Outmeat, who not as artful as the Palms. Oats, Oatcakes,alia becomes insane and bursts. Songs appropriate to the theme are song from "The Palms" to "Little Brown Jug." Only women will be admitted to the play. It is one of the few opportunities for the women to see their instructors give an entertainment of their own.
The farce was given with great success in Kansas City last winter. Mrs. Ona Winant Borland, of Kansas City, is the author and has consented to use this material in the unique costumes used in the presentation of the play in Kansas City.
The purpose of giving the play is to raise money for a scholarship. For ten years the Association has given a scholarship, raising the money by charging dues and giving alumnae dinners. With this new venture the committee hopes to offer more than one scholarship.
"The fact that the Unitarian church seats only about 200 persons makes it advisable for those who do not already have tickets to come to the church early in order to obtain a ticket. Hearty chairman of the ticket committee this morning. The tickets are twenty-five cents."
THE FINE ARTS WILL FEED
Preyeryerskinoff and Skilltonof
fonz Will Sing Tryo
Music composed especially for this occasion by Sweeniniky, Greesingop-ler and others. The music is dedicated. Preyeryerkis吼kand Shiltonoffonz will sing a Tryo. Other numbers will be announced during the evening performance that are guarded.
Eats, stunts fun and laughter will all go to make up the finest Fine Art dinner ever given at the University. Everyone interested in music is invited. The big feed will start at 6 p. m. in the Gym.
The evening's entertainment has been prepared with great care and with no rogerian adornment will be reflected on the menu but don't forget the fifty cents.
Illa Hillan and Vera Furze, both C.19 will be the guests of Miss Hillan's sister, Mrs. W. B. Dickinson of Independence, Mo., over Sunday.
Jennie Weaver and Marie Purcell of Prof. Arthur MacMurray's class in Oral Interpretation II will give their lecture recitals Saturday morning May 26 at 9:30 o'clock. Miss Weaver will on "Nixon Waterman" and Purcell on "James Whitcomb Riley, the children's poet."
Another Recital
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bowlby of Mastoma visited their daughter Alice Bowley C.18, Sunday and Monday, where their way home from Kansas City.
Married George Stanley
Kansas City Last
Tuesday
NAISMITH ELOPES READY FOR MANHATTAN
BACK IN SCHOOL TODAY
Parents Read News in Mornin
Times
On their return both went to classes the same as usual, and according to present plans both will continue their studies. He goes to the library is a freshman .D Stanley is a junior in the School .t medicine. He goes to Rosedale t t February to complete his work .d they have not met because they will be at home.
This announcement printed in the license column of the Times for Wednesday was the first word Dr. and Mrs. Naismith received of their daughter, Miss Margaret Naismith's marriage in Kansas City Tuesday afternoon, when she arrived at the School of Medicine. It was the first intimation to them that there had been a wedding in the family, for the couple had gone quietly to Kansas City City Tuesday morning on the eight-third, were married at the Presbyterian parsonage, and returned home on Friday. The couple o'clock train. Both gave Kansas City as their address but both live in Lawrence.
MORNING PRAYERS
"George B. Stanley, Kansas City,
Kansas City," Margaret N. Maiselmith, Kansas
City, 20.
PROFS PLEASE SENIORS
Members of the faculty will wear academic costumes at the formal commencement exercises on Wednesday June 7, thus complying with the request of the seniors who have urged this movement. Seventy-five members of the faculty have already expressed their willingness and desire to wear academic costumes and will probably sign up later. Each professor will wear the hood which shows the colors of his University and the degree which he obtained.
It was at the request of the seniors the petition was started. They feel the importance of the faculty by the faculty will add more dignity to the occasion and will lift the faculty to the place of esteem which is being exercised. The institution exercises more impressive.
Faculty Agrees to Wear Caps and Gowns Commencement
Prof. E. M. Briggs, chairman of the committee, urges those faculty members who have not given their orders, to attend the opening session of Room of the Gymnasium as soon as possible. He will be there from 10:30 to 12:30 a. m. and 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. In addition, he will be waiting late, the orders must go in the first part of next week without fail.
All the large universities observe this custom, and the students are all all the same.
Day
Week of May 15 to 19
Leader: The Rev. Paul Dansing-
berg, Pastor All Souls Unitarian
church, Kansas City Mo.
START FINALS ON MONDAY
Pan-hellenic Schedule Not Yet Completed
The elements have been against the P. H. League and due to the incessant rain of the past few weeks game after game has had to be postponed because the team had badly distorted from its original form and several of the teams have been unable to play a game. This fact makes is difficult to predict the win-loss-cup which is offered each year by Allie Carrol to the champions.
The Forecast: Showers tonight and probably Friday, gradually rising temperature.
The baseball season for the teams of the Pan-hellenic league is rapidly drawing to a close. The committee on schedule has arranged the following games to wind up the year's schedule and to decide which fraternity has the peer of the baseball teams:
Sigma Delta Chi, tonight, Kanza house, 7:45.
Week of May 15 to 19
Monday, May 22, Winner of first division vs. winner of third division.
Tuesday, May 30, winner of above game vs. winner of second division.
This game will decide the championship.
Friday: "The Power of Expectancy."
Markley Says Track Team I In Excellent Condition for Meet
RODKEY IS MUCH BETTER
freweeke Not in Condition for Friday's Contest
With most of the men in excellent condition and the chances good for breaking a couple more University records, the track team will leave for Manhattan tomorrow morning, to withhold its usual dual meet with the Kansas Anglers.
Trainer Markley said this morning that he is well pleased with the showing the men have been making this week, and that he feels sure that most of them will improve their own records in the contest on Friday.
Rodkey is back in good condition, and has a good chance to lower his own half-mile record. His foot has improved rapidly of late and he says that he does not believe it will bother him any more this season.
TWO MILE THE FEATURE
The feature event of the games, however, will undoubtedly be the two-mile race. In the dual indoor meet, last winter Grady defeated the Aggle runner case after Statler had set so strong a pace in the first part of the race and thus caused Teeters to tire himself for the final sprint. The Aggle runner caught this time, however, for learned a valuable lesson in the former race.
PATTINSON GOOD FOR TWELVE FEET
Pattinson cleared the bar at twelve feet Wednesday afternoon and stands with good chances of doing even better than that. The bell is doped to carry off the other three points for Kansas in this event.
Treweake is rounding in condition again under the careful work of trainer Markley and his injured leg (1) before Miller could arrive. Mr. Markley said this morning, however; that the jumper was in no condition to enter the Aggie contest. This will allow Frizzle 3 an easy victory in the match. Miller should be able to take second.
Coach Hamilton feels optimistic about the coming event, but he says he is certain that the victory will not be an easy one, and that it is up to every man to enter into his event with the same determination that he will be expected to show in the Missouri Valley Meet at Columbia on May 27.
ALUMNI BOARD ARRIVES
Old Grads are Here to Investigate Conditions on Alma Mater
Members of the Board of Alumni Visitors began to arrive early today. Mr. James V. Humphrey, 85, of Junction City, was the first to head the list of those present. Mr. W. Y. Morgan, '85, from Hutchinson, and Mrs. C. W. Smith, '76, from Topeka were the next to greet their Alma Mater.
"We haven't gotten down to business yet," said Mr. Humphrey, when asked what plans they were going to discuss for the following year: "We're just having a good chat among ourselves this morning," he added.
The majority of the board members are expected to arrive before evening. Each member is required at least five days of durability during the year, and those who come only at the time of the board meeting will be here for the full weekend for carrying on the summit business for ensuing year will be discussed in fall.
Leland E. Fisk, '16 e. and Roy A. Reynolds, '16 C. returned Tuesday from the University of Oklahoma, where they installed a chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national mining and geology fraternity. The chapter was installed with seventeen charter members.
CHAPTER IN MINING FRAT
INSTALLED AT OKLAHOMA
The Sigma Gamma Epsilon fraternity was founded at the University last winter and it is the first national fraternity to be founded here.
Mr. Fiske reports that the University of Oklahoma is growing fast. He was there in 1911 and at that time there were only about 400 students enrolled while now they have over 800. Now the geology is the strongest in the University department of mining and engineering, although small, is growing.
Rotary Club Meets
The Botany Club held its farewell picnic last night in Brown's Grove southwest of Lawrence. Forty-two members left the campus about 6 o'clock with the provisions for a big feast. A fire was built and the students were prepared. After he feed the evening was sped up in singing and story telling. Also letters from old members away from Lawrence were read.
BAND LEAVES TOMORROW
FOR CONCERT AT LINWOOD
The University band, under the direction of J. C. McCanles will leave Friday evening on the 6 o'clock Union Pacific for Linwood, where they will give an open air concert that evening. The concert will be one of the features of the last day program for the Linwood schools and will be guests at the big picnic dinner to be given just before the concert.
Through the courtesy of the people of Linwood all the expenses of the trip will be paid. They will bring the boys back in eight autos after the concert. Among the number on the program to be given are Faust, Fest Overture and a piccolo solo by Hubert Nutt.
The Stuff of Laughter As Seen by the Critics
Bv W. W.
Caryle says, "But how much chaff there is in him; not but is there any wheat? It has always seemed peculiarly ironical to me that the notion some people have of being judiciously critical, involves a sort of superior intelligence very well, but I could have shown you a thing or two." I am so unfortunately constituted as to be lacking in the critical faculty, and hence entirely the wrong person to write at. What does it mean what belated opinion of the recent phantasy, "The Stuff of Laughter." Because, as I say, I can enjoy anything where I can see the maker in earnest self-expression; and many speeches, addresses, concerts, which have been written, have patronizing pooled, have nevertheless left my less delicate mind supplied with food for thought
I am glad that there seems unanimous appreciation of the beauty and charm of Professor Nevin's music, which has had a great deal to do with his work. The music is the dancing, too, and the continuing aid given full and most deserved credit for their part in the final verdict of "Well done."
But what of it,—if the staging of the Saturday night's performance was not perfect and one person must be both actor and stage-manager? I am not sure how to articulate such as the existed; but unfortunately, I was not troubled by them. I was appreciating the really fine acting of Miss Clark and Mr. Spotts, and sheer poetry of the lines, notably those spoken by the Fool. I have seen or read at least a thousand plays in or from ten or a dozen languages; plays of varied genres, but they are reaction and re-action of human jealousies, passions, littlenesses, and instinctive nobilities, my main interest in the finer literature of Life. The Elizabethan starkness and the profound but fragile symbolism of Mr. Shostac's poetry, married though it was in phrases by evident rhymes and metaphors, with emotional and voiceless, grateful for an evening of music, poetry, poignancy and pathos. I have not regretted that I lack the critical faculty.
ARCHERY CONTEST FRIDAY
Gustafson Offers Silver Cup for Winner
The first archery contest ever held at the University of Kansas will take place Friday afternoon at 4:30 in front of Fowler Shops, just east of Uptown. Gustafson's Jewelry Store will be awarded the winner. Bad weather has hindered the work in archery as well as all the outdoor gymnasium work and not as many have entered as usual, and they been able to practice regularly.
"We hope to make this contest an annual institution at K. U," saidella Hawkins, who has charre of training the women for the contest, and the enthusiasm shown by the women this spring encourages us to believe that she will be a successful winner.
Some of the women who have entered for the contest tomorrow are: Ethel Martin, Ellen Edmondson, Ethel Meyers, Minnie Mooney, Zula Chase, Nellie Huston and Ruth Fox. Ella Hawkins is in charge of the contest.
Students in the Zoology I classes are going to prove that they are real scientists. Each has been assigned a report subject to special study, which they are working very hard on. No one knows how they will satisfy these industrious zoologists in which to print their discoveries.
Alpha Chi Sigma announces the pledging of Ralph Buffingham, C.18, of Neff City, and of Fay Walters. E'18, of Lawrence.
Send the Daily Kansan home to the folks.
Return "Modern Essays" at Once
Will the person who has taken
the "Modern Essays" from the Journalism
library pick up somebody?
Somebody else would like to use it too.
WILL TUTOR ATHLETES
Student Society Organized to Help Varsity Men With Studies
CHOSEN BY THE COACHES
Fourteen Selected to Assist Members of Teams
"Athletic Helpers of K. U." is the name of a new society of K. U. men, the organization of which was announced this morning by Walter Woost and Ames Rogers, members of a student organization depicted from the Student council.
Membership of the society will be on an honorary basis. The names of the fourteen original members who have been chosen by members of the K. U. coaching staff will be announced at the general convoction Friday. The pin of the "A. H. O. K. U." is a rounded affair.
INELIGIBILITY AFFECTS MANY K. U. athletic teams have been crippled because of promising men being unable to compete because of being behind in their studies. This has been especially nocpecible this year. Several of the best of the freshman football squad as well as one or two letter men will be ineligible next fall because they cannot pass in the required twenty-eight hours of work during the present school year.
The purpose of the "Athletic Helpers of K. U." is outlined in detail in the constitution as an attempt to benefit the athletics of the University at K. U., and participants cr prospective participants in intercollegiate athletics in such ways as to assure that their scholastic standing in the University shall be of such character as the result of the recognition down by the eligibility regulations.
WISH TO INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP
"In order to accomplish this purpose satisfactorily," the constitution continues, "every possible effort must be made to offer honorable scholastic assistance to those entitled to receive it and whose scholastic standing necessitates it. This shall be done by ad- ministration of the provisions by any or all means of inspiring the delinquent to a true sense of scholarship.
"More specifically, the purpose of this society is to aid all members of inter-collegiate teams during their period of competition; to aid members and prospective members of inter-collegiate teams during these periods when they are not competing; to undertake, by a strict and careful surpassance of the prospective athletes of the freshmans for intercollegiate competition so soon as their one-year residence requirement be compiled with."
CHANCE FOR SERVICE TO K. U.
It is the intention of those in charge of the organization plans to lay particular stress on the careful it upon themselves, who are to take it upon themselves to define the standard of scholarship among the letters. The membership is to be between twenty-one and twenty-four, with representation from the different schools of the University.
The aim is to have membership considered one of the real school honors, offering opportunity to be of service to the school.
STUDENTS TO CLEVELAND
Two Representatives of Polity Club Go In June
H. Merle Smith of Bucklin and George Strong of Blue Rapids, students of the University of Kansas, will take a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, the last two weeks of June as representatives of the K. U. branch of the International Polity Club to the national meeting of the organization.
Peace talk and war diplomacy will be discussed at this meeting. Probably the most important question that will come up will be a discussion of how we can address this, which has caused heated relations between Germany and the United States.
Both Smith and Strong will have their expenses paid. The International Polity Club is an organization in the leading universities of the country with the purpose of studying inernational politics.
SUNDAY SPECIAL
At 9:30 o'clock this morning 40 people had signed up for the Billy Sunday trip to Kansas City.
At 1:30 this number had increased to 53. It is necessary for the number to be raised to all to secure the special train.
Ernest Gopper, Middle Law,
at 1235 Rhode Island street has
charge of the arrangements.
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